Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2067)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
170993001155	1501	Whistler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	11533 S Ada St	Chicago	60643	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5560	257	14	18.3	91.8%	0 (0.0%)	250 (97.3%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$23,165			$3,358			$19,808	26.5	23.8	1551	50
170993001156	1502	Joplin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7931 S Honore St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3425	277	26	10.6	94.9%	1 (0.4%)	252 (91.0%)	23 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,933			$4,730			$19,203	26.5	31	1375	127
170993000826	1503	Bret Harte Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1556 E 56th St	Chicago	60637	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-0870	353	25	14.1	74.2%	9 (2.5%)	281 (79.6%)	46 (13.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	$19,768			$3,533			$16,236	26.5	21.3	1635	132
173690004459	1504	Evansville Attendance Center	Public	K-8	701 Oak St	Evansville	62242	Randolph County	Sparta CUSD 140	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 853-4411	114	11	10.3	28.9%	111 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,213			$865			$16,348	26.5	38.8	1189	315
170993000991	1505	Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	700 W Willow St	Chicago	60614	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-8000	327	31	10.5	78.0%	13 (4.0%)	232 (70.9%)	62 (19.0%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.6%)	$23,661			$3,971			$19,690	26.5	38.2	1205	300
170855000493	1506	Parkview Elementary School	Public	K-5	122 Carpenter Blvd	Carpentersville	60118	Kane County	Cusd 300	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(224) 484-2500	567	35	16.2	74.8%	109 (19.2%)	69 (12.2%)	347 (61.2%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.8%)	$13,423			$853			$12,570	26.4	36.6	1247	259
171221001474	1507	West Oak Intermediate School	Public	3-5	26156 N Acorn Ln	Mundelein	60060	Lake County	Diamond Lake School District 76	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 970-3544	244	28	8.6	65.6%	54 (22.1%)	7 (2.9%)	168 (68.9%)	7 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$21,860			$920			$20,940	26.3	34.1	1303	204
170993001055	1508	Reinberg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3425 N Major Ave	Chicago	60634	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-3465	772	60	12.9	78.6%	112 (14.5%)	32 (4.1%)	587 (76.0%)	25 (3.2%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	$20,261			$2,976			$17,285	26.3	23.2	1572	64
170993001148	1509	Webster Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4055 W Arthington St	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6925	202	15	13.4	89.1%	0 (0.0%)	199 (98.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$27,538			$5,096			$22,442	26.3	28.9	1425	84
171446001216	1510	Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies	Public	K-8	3701 Davis St	Skokie	60076	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 859-8441	253	32	8	69.2%	23 (9.1%)	72 (28.5%)	143 (56.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.1%)	$27,675			$168			$27,506	26.2	30.7	1381	129

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.